December 2012 Scholarly News

Submit scholarly
news—publications, paper presentations and professional awards and service
(appointment to boards, etc.)—to Janet Smith in Public Affairs at
smithjl@jmu.edu or 568-8008.

EXHIBITIONS

Dietrich Maune (Associate
Dean, College of Arts and Letters; Professor, Media Arts and Design) exhibited new
paintings at the Arts Council of the Valley in the Darrin-McHone Gallery in
Harrisonburg in November.

GRANTS (awarded Nov. 2012)

Dr. Robert N. Brent
(Assistant Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) received $38,725 from
DuPont for "Support of South River Science Team Remedial Options Program"
to test remediation strategies for mercury contamination of the South River and
South Fork Shenandoah River.

Dr. Thomas C. DeVore
(Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) received $9,500 from the Academy of
Applied Science to conduct the Virginia Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium.

Alleyn S. Harned
(Program Coordinator, Virginia Clean Cities) received $60,000 from the Virginia
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for "Omnibus VI: Outreach &
Engagement" to collect and report on information relating to alternative
fuel production and to support JMU Virginia Clean Cities' work.

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator,
Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) and Susannah M. Lepley (Program Director, Blue Ridge Area Health
Education Center) received $10,000 from the Harrisonburg Police to conduct the
Law Enforcement Interpreter Training in partnership with department.

KimberleeHartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Innovation in Health
and Human Services) received $310,000 from the Virginia Department of Health
for "Shenandoah Valley Child Development Clinic-Fiscal Year 2013" to
provide specialized medical, psychological, psychosocial, educational and
speech/language/audiology services to children and young adults under the age
of 21 and $177,348 from the Virginia Department of Education for "Migrant
Education 2012-2013" to provide supplemental educational services to the
children of migrant farm workers in collaboration with local school districts
and to assess language and educational experience and progress of individual
students.

Dr. M. Hossain Heydari
(Professor, Computer Science), Dr. Brett
C. Tjaden (Professor, Computer Science) and Dr. Xunhua S. Wang (Professor, Computer Science) received $141,292
from the Department of Defense for "Department of Defense Information
Assurance Scholarship Program-Fiscal Year 2013" to provide support for
undergraduate students and a graduate student for the Information Security
Programs at JMU.

Susan F. Lamb
(Business Manager, Center for Public Broadcasting, WMRA-Valley Voice) received
$186,161 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for "Fiscal Year
2013 Radio Reading Service Grant-CPB" to provide a community service grant
for public radio.

Kenneth F. Newbold Jr. (Director,
Research and Public Service) received $1,162,776 from I2 Inc. to provide a Visual
Investigative Analysis Software License.

Gary S. Race (Fiscal
Technician, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services) received
$44,565 from the Virginia Department of Health for "VDH Response to
Domestic Violence Training" to provide coordination of training and
shelter-based health services.

Dr. Kenneth R. Rutherford (Director,
Center for International Stabilization and Recovery, Professor, Political
Science) received $22,296 from the Organization of American States for "Colombia
Mine Action Assessment" to review and evaluate progress of the Colombia
Mine Action Program relevant to the 2009 Plan of Action.

Dr. Kyle N. Seifert (Associate
Professor, Biology) and Dr.Robert L. McKown (Professor, Integrated
Science and Technology) received $60,085 from the U.S. Army Medical Research
and Materiel Command for "Levels of the Novel Glycoprotein Lacritin in
Human Tears after Laser Refractive Surgery-Year 2."

HONORS

Dr. Reid N. Harris
(Professor, Biology) was named a fellow by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. He is the fourth JMU faculty member to receive the
honor and will be recognized on Feb. 16 in Boston during the AAAS annual
meeting. Harris was nominated for
his research on ways to protect amphibians from a deadly fungus that has been
blamed for wiping out large populations of amphibians around the world. Read
more at http://www.jmu.edu/news/2012/12/03-harris-named-aaas-fellow.shtml.

Dr. Karin Tollefson-Hall
(Assistant Professor, Art, Design and Art History) won the top awards for art
education at the Virginia Art Education Association Conference in Norfolk in
November.

PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Amy Paugh
(Associate Professor, Anthropology) presented "From Soft to Hard: Becoming
'Good for Oneself' in Dominica, West Indies" at the 2012 American
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco in November.

PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Amy Paugh
(Associate Professor, Anthropology) wrote "Playing with Languages:
Children and Change in a Caribbean Village," a book which was published by
Berghahn Books in November. Paugh
also wrote "Speculating about Work: Dinnertime Narratives among Dual-earner
American Families," which was published in Text & Talk (volume 32, issue 5, pp. 615-636).

Dr. David A. Stringham
(Assistant Professor, Music) and Paul R.
Ackerman (Adjunct Instructor, Music) wrote "Another New Horizon? Music
technology for senior adults," which was published in International Journal of Community Music, 5 (3).

Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer
(Associate Professor, Geology and Environmental Science) edited the book "Google
Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research,"
which was published by the Geological Society of America.

SERVICE

Dr. Beth E. Chandler
(Associate Professor, Music) recently began a two-year term as president of the
National Flute Association.